2022 Traditional Marblehead: US VMYG National Championship Regatta








My foray into radio-controlled sailboats began only a couple of years ago, but my background includes a good deal of experience in designing, building, and flying radio-controlled sailplanes, where a model can reasonably be expected to have 12–18 servos and computer radios are the norm.

Model Yacht Design in 1896.
Modeling a Historic Chesapeake Bay Log Canoe.
Modeling an Open Cockpit Boat Using a Raised Floor.
Modeling the J-Boat Rainbow for the Vintage 36/600 Class: A Challenge of Scale.
Running Backstays.
TECH TOPICS: Speed

John details the difficulties designing and building a model of the log canoe Magic, an unballasted, over-canvassed open boat.